Oil burner



March 1924.

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To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, CUR'ns C. LILLIBRIDGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residi at Hutchinson, in the county of Reno and tate of Kansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in OilBurners; and Ido declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description 0 theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to same.

My invention relates to hydrocarbon burners and more particularly tothose which may be readily installed in connection with stoves andfurnaces, without making an serious changes in the construction thereoThe invention relates more particularly to devices of this character inwhich the burner is located beneath the delivery end of an air supplyneck, and one object is to provide a nove rm of sup'orting bracket forthe burner provided with means for. receiving an overflow fromsuchburner.

her objects are to provide the supporting bracket with means forproperly centering1 theburner beneath the air supply neck an to providesaid burner with nec ing means for always ositioning its overflow spoutin pro er re ation with the overthe bracket.

iliary air heater w ich serves as a support both for the air inletneckand the burner su orting bracket.

ith the foregoing and minor objects in view, the invention resides inthe novel construction and arrangement of partshereinafter described andclaimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanyingdrawings.

Fig. 2is a vertical section on of line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fi 3 is a vertical transverse section on the hue of Fig. 2. I Fig. 4 isa horizontal section as indicated by line 44 of Fig. 2, with the burnerremoved from its sup orting bracket.

In-the drawings a ove briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a lateada ted to be substituted for the usual coaling 001 of a stove orfurnace, I although he understood that the parts hereinafter describedmight be mounted otherwise than the plane which it appertains to makeand use the engagan intense heat.

F1 re 1 is a top plan view partly in horizonta section.

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on said plate 1, if desired. Secured to the inner side of plate 1, bybolts or the like 2, is an air pre-heating casin 3 having an outletopening 4 and a number of air inlets 5 controlled by a damper 6.. ,Asubstantially conical air inlet neck, 7 extends horizontally from thecasing 3 and has its larger end secured by bolts or other preferredfasteners" 8, to said casing, said bolts preferably passing throughlateral ears 9 w1th WhlCh ,the neck 7 is provided. The

smaller end of the neck 7 turns downwardl indicated at 10 and a burner11 is positloned under said end. The fuel may well be supplied to thisburner through a tube l2 passing through the plate 1 and extendingthrough the neck 7. I

Theburner 11 may va in construction but I prefer to employ t e detailsshown. An outer pan 13 is provided having-a solid bottom '14 and anupwardly flared side wall 15, and loosely received within said pan 13,is a similar an 16 preferably having an annular rib 17 isposed'directlybeneath the wall of the neck end 10. The rib 17 tra s a quantity of oilto be used in starting t e burner. Any overflow from the an 16 will becaught in the pan and t us the oil will burn not only in the an 16, butbetween this an and the wal 15, producing Any overflow from pan 15 takes(place through a spout 18 with which sai pan is equipped, such overflowbeing discharged into a relatively small pan 19 carried b a burnersupporting bracket 20.'

The brac et 20 is provided with a horizontal portion 21 upon which theburner 11 rests, and with an annular rib 22 to properly positiongsaidburner, and to insure that the overflow spout 18 shall be roperlydisposed over the pan 19, the-edge of the wall 15 is provided with apair of upstanding lugs 23 which straddle the lower portion of the neck7 as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. I

The burner engagin parts 21 and 22 of the bracket 20 are pre erabl ofthe annular form shown, although shou d the burner be of other shape,these arts will be correspondingly changed. etween the portions 21 and22 and the pre-heating casin 3, the bracket 20 inch1des a horizontal, pate-like portion 24 which forms the bottom of the pan 19, and a pair.of, horizontal arms 25 extend oppositely from' said pan, these arms 2and 4.

For carryin of! the overflow from the pan 19, a suita le pipe 27 may beprovided and although this pipe by preference extends through the casing3 and the plate 1, it might be otherwise located, if desired.

By emplo in the construction shown, and described, t e fievice may beinexpensively manufactured andeasily installed, yetwill be highlyefficient and in everyway desirable. The oil burning at the burner 11heats the air inlet neck 7 and all other adjacent parts so that theincoming air and fuel are well heated to produce best-results, the airbeing initiall casing 3. Any over ow from pan 16 is caught within pan 13andif the latter overflows the fuel is caught by the pan 19 anddischarged through the pipe 27-.

. In theoperation of my invention, the pan 16'becomes quickly heated inthe combustion of the oil dripping from the pipe 12, as. does the airpre-jheating casing 3. Instant volatilization of the oil therefore takesplace,

which with the 'pre-heated air passing through the conical neck; 7,produces a highly combustible mixture which becomes incandescent and iscom letely consumed, creating the highest num and leaving novresiduum.

In case the flame vfor any reason should become extinguished, theoverflow of fuel through the pipe 27, will act through automaticallyoperating devices such as are the furnace? a 1 Having thus described myinvention, what shown in my prior Patent No. 1,243,194, granted October"16, ,1917, to cut oil the furtherflow of oilan prevent flooding of Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

* 1. A device of they class described comprising a horizontal bracket, ahorizontal air supply neck fixed at one end and extending over said'bracket in close proximity thereto, the other end of said neck beingdownwardly turned, said bracket having an overflow pan under the fixedend of I to strad 1e said said neck, and a' burner resting on saidbracket under said downwardly turned end of said neck, said burnerhaving anoverflow spout adapted to extend over the edge of said overflowpan, said burner being additionally rovided with spacedlugs adapted neckto properly position said spout.- I

2. A device of the class described comprising a horizontally elongatedoverflow pan, a pair of attachingarms integral with and extendingoppositely from the ends of said pan flush with one side of said pan,

' gral at its heated within the er of heat unitssubstantially portion,and a a horizontal plate-like portion integralwith and extendinglaterally from the other side of said pan flush with the pan bottom, anda horizontal burner supporting ring lIltB-r ripliery with saidplate-like portion, said ring having an integral upstanding annularribto surround aburner.

3. The combination with a fixed vertical"- supply neck fixed at one endto said support and having its other end turned downwardly, an overflowpan secured to said support immediately under the fixed end of saidneck, said pan having an integral horizontal plate-like portionextending toward the free end of said neck, a burner supporting ringaxially alined with the downturned end of said neck and formedintegrally with said plate-like portion, and a burner resting on saidring and having an overflow spout extending over the edge of saidoverflow pan and located in close proximity to said air supply neck,said burner being additionally provided with a pair of horizontallysupport, of a substantially horizontal air spaced upstanding lugs formedintegrally ,with its upper edge and straddling said neck toproperlyposition said spout with respect i, to said n. 4. A d evice of the classdescribed comprising an overflow pan, attaching means at one side of thepan, a horizontal plate like portion integral with and extendinglaterally from the other side of said pan flu'sh with the panf bottom,and a horizontal burner supporting ring integral at its periphery withsaid plate like portion, said ring having an integral upstanding annularrib to surround" a burner, and an outlet for said'overfiow para 5. Adevice of the class described com risinga horizontal bracket, asubstantially ori- -zontal air supply-neck fixed at one end andextending over said bracket in close imity thereto, the other end ofsaid nec' being downwardly turned, said brackethavin an overflow-panunder the fixedend of sai neck, a burner resting on said bracket undersaid downwardly turned end of said neck, saidburner having an overflowspout adapted to extend over the edge of said overflow pan, means forproperly positioning said roxspout with relation to said overflow, pan,and

an outlet for said overflow pan.

6. The combination with a fixed vertical support, -of.,a substantiallyhorizontal air supply neck fixed at one end to said suppbrt downward;

and having its other end turned ly, an overflow'pan secured to saidsupport immediately under the fixed end of sa1d neck,

' said pan having an integral horizontal platethe free end like portionextending toward of said neck, a burner supporting ring axially alinedwith the downturned end of said neck and formed integrally with saidplate-like burner resting on said ring and having an overflow spoutextending over name at Hutchinson, Kansas, this 15th daythe edge of saidoverflow pan and located of September, 1923. in close proximity to saidair suppl neck,

means for properly positioning sai 5 out I CURTIS LILLIBRIDGE' 6 withrelation to said overflow pan, an an Witnesses: outlet for said overflowpan. WARREN K. WHITE,

In testimony whereof, I have signed niy INEZ M. PAYNE.

